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Demand for scarce fish soars

By Xu Junqian in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2016-03-31 07:41

Plans to protect rare species are causing a frenzy at restaurants where it's served

A regulation in the pipeline that would ban fishing for knife fish in the Yangtze River has created an unprecedented surge of interest in Shanghai to eat what could be the last bite of the river delicacy, pushing the price up of the already expensive fish.

One veteran restaurant worker said she had never seen so much interest in the fish.

Demand for scarce fish soars

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